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COVID-19 vaccination drive Kathmandu put off citing vaccine shortage

KATHMANDU, July 16: The ongoing vaccination drive in Kathmandu district has been postponed as the stock of the vaccines ran out. The drive, which kicked off on Tuesday and was scheduled to continue until Saturday, has been postponed owing to the shortage of Vero Cell vaccine, according to the District Health Office, Kathmandu. Public health administrator Badri Bahadur Khadka said that the campaign has been postponed until further notice. A ministerial level meeting decided to vaccinate all the citizens aged 55 and 55 with China-made Vero Cell vaccine across the country. Similarly, university professors, school and college teachers and staff, drivers and helpers of public vehicles, people being involved in emergency services and those going to foreign countries [where vaccine is mandatory] are scheduled to inoculated with the Vero Cell vaccine.

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KMC to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaign

The Kathmandu metropolis has decided to once again launch a Covid-19 vaccination drive targeting nine wards from August 6.

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KMC to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaign

The Kathmandu metropolis has decided to once again launch a Covid-19 vaccination drive targeting nine wards from August 6.

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COVID-19 booster dose being administered to children at these vaccine centers in Kathmandu

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Students who had earlier missed their COVID-19 vaccine to be administered the vaccine in their schools from Saturday

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Teku Hospital to resume COVID-19 vaccination drive from today

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: The Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital at Teku, Kathmandu is resuming the vaccination campaign from today. Earlier, on Sunday, the hospital had postponed the vaccination against COVID-19 for a week after more than 50 health workers were infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Director of the Hospital, Dr. Manisha Rawal informed that the vaccination drive is all set to resume at the hospital after the Health Section of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) and the Nepal Red Cross Society agreed to provide human resources for it. The vaccination drive will begin at 10:00 AM today. The hospital has been providing first, second and booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

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COVID-19 vaccination drive halted following syringe shortage

KATHMANDU, December 28: The government has halted COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged between 12 to 17 years old due to shortage of syringe in the country. Earlier, the government had announced to inoculate COVID-19 vaccine to children of eight districts including Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur from today. The vaccination drive will soon begin once the syringe shortage is resolved, according to the Health Ministry. The government has already begun administering Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to children of 57 districts a week ago.

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Health Minister inspects vaccination centres in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU, November 3: Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada inspected various vaccination centres set up at gateways to the Kathmandu Valley today. The Ministry had launched vaccination drive against COVID-19 since November 2 targeting those leaving Kathmandu Valley during the Tihar festival. Vaccine centres were set up at Koteshwor, Gongabu and Kalanki. Health Minister Khatiwada visited the centre in Koteshwor and Balkhu and said that vaccination was effective in minimizing the COVID-19 pandemic. Pledging that more vaccination centres would be set up after Tihar festival, the Minister shared that such centres would be set up in other places as well. According to him, the government was going to procure 10 million vaccines from various countries which would be administered on children. On November 2, some 3,000 people got vaccinated. Additional 10,000 are estimated to receive the jab, the Ministry said. Meanwhile, another vaccination centre has been set up at Gwarko, Lalitpur today.

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KMC launches Dashain-focused COVID-19 vaccination drive

KATHMANDU, October 8: In its bid to immunize all citizens above 18 years old against COVID-19, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is running a vaccination campaign from today targeting the Dashain festival. The ward vaccination centres in all 32 wards in the KMC and some additional centres will administer the first dose of Vero Cell until October 10. In addition to the 32 vaccination centres, the first dose of Vero Cell will be administered from Nepal Police Hospital, Bir Hospital, Civil Service Hospital, Paropakar Hospital and Birendra Military Hospital, according to Chief of the Public Health Department of KMC, Hari Bahadur Kunwar. “After submitting a voluntary application form, the registered person is requested to come to the vaccination center during the three-day vaccination campaign with the registration card or registration number along with the identity card that verifies the identity of the person,” the metropolis said. The campaign will run from 10 AM in the morning to 4 PM in the evening. (RSS)

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Nepal Red Cross and The Coca-Cola Foundation’s joint efforts to support the healthcare sector and vaccination drive

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KMC re-launches vaccination drive for people above 50

KATHMANDU, July 29: The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has re-launched the COVID-19 vaccination drive for the remaining people above 50 years of age. Under the four-day campaign that started today, vaccination centers have been managed at all 32 wards, said Hari Bahadur Kunwar, chief of the urban health department, KMC. Vaccines are administered to eligible people from 10 am to 5 pm. The beneficiaries are required to produce their national identity cards like citizenship certificate, passport or driving license. For the service or those lacking the documents, they need to get a recommendation from the respective local level. In the district, the number of those who have received the first and final doses of the vaccine has reached approximately 300 thousand, according to available data.

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